Migrator Birds ...
Waterfowl Census
Conducted Here
Br HALE SCARBHOUGH
a i,,,.vuii waterfowl rrajus has lust been comuleted here.
4k. iriir,o of tlio census-takers
U. S. fish and wildlife migratory bird lawa for 1947. but Jim
Savage, who is the game management agent here is not giving
out any information ai to the number of birds considered to be
here at present. ,
His figures will be sent to the services regional office In
Portland, then on to Chicago for final compilation, and It -may
be several months before the fish and wildlife service begins to
make an estimate of the duck
population after the 1946 shoot
ing season
Savase's area of count coV'
ers eight counties In northern
California and seven in souw
ern Oregon, and he has been
aided by state police, game war
dens and private individuals.
They don't mak. an actual
bird-for-bird count it would
have been impossible to ac
tually count the ducks on
Link river last we.k but
gath.r an .stimat. as to how
many birds ar wh.r. dur
ing th. two-week period, Sav
ag said.
The count is going on all
over the United States at the
same time, so when all we tig'
ii res are gotten together back
in Chicago the fish and wild'
life service can come up with
a total that in a fairly correct
way tells how many ducks and
geese there were arouna aur
ing the weeks of January.
Last year the service set its
estimate at 80 million birds. In
1944 the estimate was 125 mil
lion. The difference showed up
in the shorter hunting season
and bag limits.
The counters also divide
their estimates into species
honkers, cacklers, manaras.
etc.
These local bird counts in
themselves don't mean a thing
a far as numbers are con
cerned, Savage explains, but
when they're all gotten together
they make a picture of the mi
gratory bird population.
But th. population is Just
on. determining factor In th.
bird laws that com. out in
th. fall. To check on th.
' yearly crop of n.w birds, th.
fish and wildlif. scrvic. hold's
a spring count in th. Canadi
an pothol. breeding grounds
and that bwomn another fac
tor. W.ather is another, num
ber of hunter is another.
. The count here is over ex
cept for Savage's job of getting
his figures from such spots as
Tulelake, Coos Bay and Eu
reka together and transmitting
the data to the Portland office.
The Portland headquarters cov
ers six states for the fish, and
wildlife service.
Team Match
Paces Card
It'll be the meanies against
the cleanies again tonight in the
armory squared-circle when two
opposing teams square off in the
main event tag match.
. Buck Lipscomb and Tony Ross
will be in one corner, Billy
Weidner and Billy Fox in the
other, and with .that lineup the
railbirds should see a fast, action-packed
display of fireworks.
Fox and Weidner, particularly
Weidner, hold the most recent
win in a match of this type, over
Lipscomb ' and Sammie Cohen
last week, but Tony Ross is an
old hand at the business and
will be reckoned for before the
night is over.
The tag match is not time
limited, and will go until one
team accomplishes two out of
three falls.
. In the opener, starting at ap
proximately 8:30, little Billy
Goelz will tangle with Bulldog
Jackson over the six -round
route.
BInks Crunch
Gunners, 38-17
-' The Binkley team, federal di--vision
of the Victory league, out
classed the Gun store quint in
all departments of the game to
.win 38 to 17 on the Fairview
gym . floor. Gilchrist had 13
points for the winners and Jim
Flora seven for the losers.
Binkley's retained a margin
of about 2-1 all through the con
test. The other game last night was
-entirely different. The Grease
Monkeys topped T and I of the
National circuit 27 to 25. after
having trailed for three periods.
-jrea tuner counted 15 points in
that tilt, Elwood Rose 10.
i French Indo-China has an
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LSD
will be one factor In the
Gun Club
In Action
The Klamath Gun club is
again conducting its Sunday trap
shoots at the wocus nring
grounds and has been assured
of enough ammunition for all
members to come out and blast
away.
E. E. (Pete) Driscoll is the
new president of the club and
Dr. Martin Adams vice presi
dent. On the board of directors
are C. J. Martin, Prent Puckett
and Dale West.
The shoots are held each Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock.
Last week Paul Hilton and
Shirley Congdon hit 48 out of
50 birds from the 16-yard line
for high in that department, and
Tom Waiters broke 48 in the
handicap. Pete Driscoll was high
in the doubles with 42 of 50.
Latnt Results:
If TdS. BSC.
PuJ Hilton
S. A. Consdon .
Clyde rox
Poto Drtocoll
47
47
47
3
43
40
Prent Puckttt .
C A. Dunn , ...
James Horn
John CouUon -
Dale West
A. V. Jacobean
C J. Martin
49
J. M. A da ml
Kelson Reed
43
43
Al Hatton
w. Schaupp .
42
mu Houston .
41
41
Robert Weir
Woodward
E. G. Gelnger
Ray Billings
3
3S
Tom Walters
F. D. McMillan
Allen Mocabee
Neal Ferguson
34
31 '' 41
33 30
30
Paul Dalton
V. i Davis
BUI Davis
Bears Put Off
Coach Choice
BERKELEY. aClif.. Jan. 23
W) Announcement of a new
head football coach for the Uni
versity of California appears
likely to be a week away, per
haps more.
The student body executive
committee met last night but
made no revelation following re
ported submission to it of a list
of six possibilities lined up by
Track oCach Brutus Hamilton
on a nationwide hunt for pros
pects. Lynn Waldorf of Northwest
ern sua remained as a specula
tive choice but another big name
coach, H. u. (Fritz) Crisler of
Michigan, denied an announce
ment by a newspaper here that
he already had been selected.
'I'm not looking for a job."
he said at Ann Arbor, adding
that he had been approached.
At Evanston. 111.. Waldorf in
timated he would "consider" a
California offer, but said he had
been made no concrete proposal.
His five-year contract at North
western has two more years to
run.
Dick Metz Cut
From Golf Trail
PHOENIX, Ariz.. Jan. 23 (IP)
Officials of the Professional
Golfers association announced
early today that Dick Metz of
Arkansas City, Kas., has been
suspended from competing in the
next two PGA-sponsored gou
tournaments.
The disciplinary action came
as the aftermath of an incident at
Carmel. Calif., two weeks ago
in which, it was charged, Metz
struck Fred J. Corcoran, PGA
tournament bureau manager.
The suspension was voted by a
newly-formed PGA tournament
players committee headed by
George Schneiter of Ogden,
Utah. The committee found Metz
guilty of violating PGA's code of
ethics for "conduct likely to in
jure the reputation and standing
of the association or any of its
memDers."
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Landing Plane On Sandbar
Ducks Drift In Is Laiy Man's
By HILMON PINEGAR
MEMPHIS. Jan. 23 (NEA)
No getting up before day
break and shivering in the
blinds until sun-up when Joe
Bowen goes duck hunting.
Instead of getting planted and
waiting for the ducks to come
to him, Bowen finds the ducks
and goes to them.
A beautiful feature of Bow
en's system Is that he seldom
has to walk more than a few
hundred feet, rarely ever gets
his feet muddy. "You can wear
the clothes you've got on with
out getting messed up," he
promised.
Before I could say no, Bowen
had donned his hunting cap.
slung some decoys over his
shoulder, picked up his trusty
.410 shotgun, headed for his
shiny two-place plane o n t h e
flight line of the West Memphis,
Ark. airport he operates.
Th. .ngin. was warmed up
bri.tly. and w. w.r. off
winging our way up th. Mis
sissippi riv.r.
A i.w mil abov Memphis,
w. saw thousands ot ducks
swimming and waddling
around on sandbars.
A little farther up, Bowen
pointed out a smooth strip of
sand, and said: 'That's where
we're going in."
U. - tUa 114.1a nlsn. rlrturn
put on the parking breaks, tied
the ship down, began unloading
his paraphernalia. I he ducKs
leery of such goings on. swarm
ed into the air and sailed away
I thought our expedition would
be a f loo because of this.
' Don t worry, he said, as he
set about building a blind of
driftwood and grass. "There will
be more along in a few minutes.
Ducks are moving down the
river. It may sound funny but
when a bunch of them leave a
place a new bunch will nearly
always come in."
Blind completed, decoys out,
we got under cover.
In a matter of minutes we
spotted a lone mallard hen com
ing down the river rapidly.
When she saw the decoys and
began circling to look the place
over, Joe began quacking the
old drake's "Whatcha doln' to
nite. Babe?" on his duck-caller.
The hen plopped right in
among the decoys. Before she
discovered that she had been
duped, Joe stuck his head
through the front of the blind.
and shouted "Shoo!"
As the hen took to the air un
der full emergency horsepower,
Joe let go with a volley. The
duck shivered f o r an instant,
spun in.
Don t even have to wade out
to- get the duck," said Bowen.
It will drift to the bank with
the wind.
This is not as easy as it
seems, however, for sandbars
are tricky and dangerous. No
one but an experienced pilot
should try to land on a bar, and
then only after he has carefully
checked the firmness of the
ground. I came up here by boat
and walked over every foot of
this bar before I tried to land
on it.
"While taxiing into position
for a takeoff the other day, the
plane rolled into a soft spot,
mired up over the wheels. If
that had happened to someone
while coming in for a landing,
the plane would have flopped
over on its back, and someone
might have got hurt."
But Joe Bowen certainly has
the lazy man's way of hunting
ducks.
Papa Greenberg
NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (IP)
Hank Greenberg, the 1946 home
run king, can now make plans
for a conference with his new
employers, the Pittsburgh Pi
rates. His wife, the former Caral
Gimbel, presented him with an
eight and one-quarter pound boy
last night at Harkness Pavilion.
Kahili Signs On
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 23 (IP)
Joe Kahut, Oregon heavyweight
boxing titlist, will meet Bobby
Zander of Los Angeles, February
4. The bout, scheduled for Los
Angeles, will replace a Kahut
match with Pat Comisky, can
celled when the latter said he
could not make the trip west.
Charleston, S. C, boasts of a
bridge nearly three miles in
length across the Cooper river. I
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Sportsmen Urge Game Law
Remain Under State Police
SALEM, Jan. 23 (JP) The
Oregon Wildlife Federation and
the Oregon division of the Izaak
Walton league issued a joint
Sports Edge
Past Wools
Hal's Sports squeezed past the
Oregon Woolen team 44 to 42
in a Basin league basketball
game played last night on Alta
mont court. It was a well
played, close tilt in which Andy
Anderson counted 22 points for
the Woolens. '
Bob Perkins scored 12 points
for Hal s.
In the second game at Alta
mont Rickya topped the Four
Star Merchants 59 to 43. but for
the Merchants Mac McGoughey
ran up 24 points and Tedwilleger
had a dozen. Paul McCall scored
18 times for Rickys and Wayne
Scott 17.
Out in the county the Mer
rill teams split a doubleheader.
Henley beat the Townies 41-39,
and the Independents got by the
Langell Valley Beavers 43-33.
But over at Chiloquin the
pace was terrific. Chiloquin
rooters were sorely disappointed
when their boys failed to hook
up a basket in the final minute
of play but won the game 98
to 42 from Beatty. Hatcher
scored a phenomenal 39 points,
Tokyo War Crimes
Trial Goes On
TOKYO, Jan. 23 (IP) Former
Premier Tojo and his 25 co-defendants
won an important point
in their war crimes trial today.
The international tribunal ruled
that statements they made to in
vestigators since their arrest
would be considered as evidence
against only the individual who
made the statement.
The ruling sustained a month
old defense motion.
Carlisle W. Higgins, assistant
chief prosecutor, agreed with the
decision, which is in accordance
with U. S. court practice.
It . was pointed out that the
ruling will not preclude any de
fendant from testifying volun
tarily in court against other de
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Hunting
m
report today recommending
that enforcement of the stat
game laws remain a state p&
lice responsibility.
The organizations said they
found that Oregon's game law
enforcement ranks well with
other states, with 95 per cent
of all game violators being con
victed. Other recommendations in
clude: The structure of the state po
lice should be arranged that
game law enforcement officers
can be promoted on an equal
basis with other state police
men.
Game law enforcement offi
cers should devote their full
time to game law enforcement,
except in cases of emergency.
State police salaries should
b increased.
There should be more cooper
ation between the state police
department and the state game
commission.
The game fund should be re
lieved of having to contribute
any money to the state general
fund, and that increased funds
be made available for propaga
tion, development, research and
management of wildlife re
sources. Hostak Loses
Comeback Try
HOUSTON, Tex.,' Jan. 23 (IP)
Al Hostak, two-time middle
weight boxing champion of the
world, found his comeback string
cut in the middle today.
Th. 150-pound Seattle slugger
caught a right cross flush on the
chin last night and dropped a
four-round knockout verdict to
Stove Belloise, New York mid
dleweight. Hostak floored the No. 7 con
tender for division laurels for
a nine-count in the first round
but a steady diet of left hooks
dished up by Belloise set him up
for the knockout punch..
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Zale Given
Ring Award
Boxing Hall Of Fam
, Suggested By Wrlt.rs
NEW YORK. Jan. 23 lA' Sur
vivors of tho New York boxing
writers' annual eating and drink
ing dtrby were butting today
with talk of a hall ot fume (or
the sport and a campaign to curb
punch-drunkonnoas.
Actually, Inst night's party In
Rupport's brewery was put on to
present the Edward J, Nell
memorial award to Middleweight
Champion Tony Zale as the man
who aid th. most for boxing In
1946,
The trophy . is awarded in
memory of the Associated Press
sports writer and war corres
pondent killed during th. civil
strife in Spain in 1938.
Former Postmaster General
James A. Farley, a one-time Now
York boxing commissioner, made
the presentation.
In addition, th. Oary, Ind.,
stMl-mlll puddl.r also took
horn. th. Ring Magaaln.'s
award as llS's "flghur of th.
y.ar"i Promoter Mlk. Jacobs,
now recov.ring from a car.
bral h.morrhaa, won th. box
ing wrlt.rs' trophy for "long
and meritorious s.rvic." to th.
sport, and th. Damon Hunyon
cancr fund was given part of
th. dinner's proceeds.
But aside from the posy-throwing
for Zale and "Uncle Mike"
Jacobs, the large hangover from
the oratorical eruption was left
by the suggested plans for the
nan or fame and the drive In
New York to keep fighter from
winding up with bells ringing in
their heads.
Abe J. Greene, president of
th. NBA, cam. up with the sug
gestion for tho hall of fame,
built something along the lines
of the baseball shine at Coopers
town, N. Y. Abe even went so
far as to pledge tho NBA to col
laborate with the New York Box
ing Writers' association on it.
And Brigadier General John
Reed Kllpatrlck, president of
Madison Square Garden, offered
a part of the proposed new
block-square Gardon as the sit.
for th hall.
Thn Eddl. E.gan.Naw York
commission chairman, without
mentioning "punch drunken
dm." r.VMld that th. com
mission is exercising double
precaution now, sot only In
examining lighter th. day I
th.y fight, but in watching
th.ir records from bout to bout
to d.t.rmin. if ihy ar. suited
for swatting and capabl. of
doing same without sulf.rinf
prman.nt bodily harm.
As a result, last year alone.
Eagan said, the licenses of 61
fighters were revoked for on.
reason or another.
Sportsmen Meet
hTe Klamath Sportsmen's as
sociation, conservation group,
will meet tomorrow night In
the Wlllard hotel at 8 o'clock for
the purpose of nominating of
ficers for 1947. Paul Winter is
out-going president.
All members are urged to at
tend this business session. Elec
tion of officers will be held early
in February.
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The make-or-break Orogon Slalo
Washington biinkotball scrips this
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valiant efforts of Idaho, last
season's tltllsts, against Oregon
last night.
Dropping their seventh straight
conference guiiiii with no vie-
Celilo Indians
Worry Over Fish
SALEM. Jan. 33 lI') Eight
Celilo Indium, headed by their
chief, Tommy Thompson, cunio
to Salem yesterday much dis
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rights on the Columbia river,
but they wont home satisfied.
They had heard that the
Washington state legislature Is
considering a bill to take away
their rights. Sen. P. J. Stadelinaii
and Rep. Donald E. llelslvr, both
of The Dalles, told them it Just
couldn't be true, because their
rights are guaranteed by federal
treaty.
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lories, th. Impious Vandal put
up an unexpectedly stubborn
battle before losing, 45 to 43.
Although Idaho had a 38-37 lead
at half-time and Jumpad It to a
33-37 margin at start of th
second half, Oregon rallied to
win.
Rogor Wiley, lanky Oregon
center, dropted In IS points la
lead both teams.
Tho Oregon State team was lo
arrive In Seattle this afternoon
for pre-gam. workouts before
th. two-game series opening to
morrow night. Oregon Stale,
loading th. loop with four wins
and no defeats, has Inst only one
game all season, to Long Island
university In New York, and
Washington had won 13 straight
before dropping two clot ours
on th. Washington State floor
last week. Its conference record
is four won and two Inst.
Oregon, with a conference re
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